Lightning conductor air terminal and component

Made:
1899

Air terminal for lightning conductor (model), 1899

Details

Category:
Geophysics
Object Number:
1907-58
type:
model
credit:
Killingworth Hedges

Parts

Part of air terminal for lightning conductor (model)

Part of air terminal for lightning conductor (model)

Part of air terminal for lightning conductor (model), 1899

Object Number:
1907-58 Pt1
type:
model
Air terminal for lightning conductor, 1899

Air terminal for lightning conductor, 1899

Main part of model of air terminal for lightning conductor (model), unsigned, 1899. Consisting of 5 spikes arranged in a square with one in the centre and 3 thick conducting copper wires. Mounted on later wooden base (made by Science Museum workshop?)

Materials:
steel (metal) and copper (metal)
Object Number:
1907-58 Pt2
type:
component - object and lightening conductor